administrator shall review and address the complaint, which may include referral of the
complaint to the Safe School Climate Specialist and/or Title IX Coordinator.
C.
IX.
Documentation and Maintenance of Log
A.
Each school shall maintain written reports of bullying, along with supporting
documentation received and/or created as a result of bullying investigations, consistent
with the Board’s obligations under state and federal law. Any educational record
containing personally identifiable student information pertaining to an individual
student shall be maintained in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed to third
parties without written prior written consent of a parent, guardian, or eligible student,
except as permitted under Board policy and state and federal law.
B.
C.
X.
Prevention and intervention strategies concerning teen dating violence shall be
implemented in accordance with Section X below. Discipline, up to and including
expulsion, may be imposed against the perpetrator of teen dating violence, whether
such conduct occurs on or off campus, in accordance with Board policy and consistent
with federal and state law.
The Principal of each school shall maintain a list of the number of verified acts of
bullying in the school and this list shall be available for public inspection upon request.
Consistent with district obligations under state and federal law regarding student
privacy, the log shall not contain any personally identifiable student information, or any
information that alone or in combination would allow a reasonable person in the school
community to identify the students involved. Accordingly, the log should be limited to
basic information such as the number of verified acts, name of school and/or grade
level, and relevant date. Given that any determination of bullying involves repeated
acts, each investigation that results in a verified act of bullying for that school year shall
be tallied as one verified act of bullying unless the specific actions that are the subject
of each report involve separate and distinct acts of bullying. The list shall be limited to
the number of verified acts of bullying in each school and shall not set out the
particulars of each verified act, including, but not limited to any personally identifiable
student information, which is confidential information by law.
The Principal of each school shall report the number of verified acts of bullying in the
school annually to the Department of Education in such manner as prescribed by the
Commissioner of Education.
Other Prevention and Intervention Strategies
A.
Bullying behavior and teen dating violence can take many forms and can vary
dramatically in the nature of the offense and the impact the behavior may have on the
victim and other students. Accordingly, there is no one prescribed response to verified
acts of bullying or to teen dating violence. While conduct that rises to the level of
“bullying” or “teen dating violence,” as defined above, will generally warrant
traditional disciplinary action against the perpetrator of such bullying or teen dating
violence, whether and to what extent to impose disciplinary action (e.g., detention, in-
school suspension, suspension or expulsion) is a matter for the professional discretion
of the building principal (or responsible program administrator or his/her designee).
No disciplinary action may be taken solely on the basis of an anonymous complaint
of bullying. As discussed below, schools may also consider appropriate alternative to
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